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1 2014 Scholarship Conditions of Award (last updated: 21 October 2013) The PhD Scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster 1 Eligibility 1.1 General The PhD scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster is offered for full-time research at postgraduate level for study at one of Monash University s Clayton campus. Awardees must hold a recognised bachelor s degree with first class honours or qualifications and/or research experience deemed equivalent by the University. Awards will not be available to those who: are in receipt of another equivalent award, scholarship or salary to undertake the research higher degree, providing a benefit greater than 75% of the PhD scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster Note: (i) "Salary" refers to time release for full-time candidature on salary (ii) Where an award or salary offering similar benefits is to be used to meet course fees for international candidates, a case may be made to the Geography, Environment and Sustainability Program would be entitled to a maximum tenure of less than 12 months as a result of prior candidature and/or prior scholarship (see section 2.1). 1.2 Special Requirements apply: Australian citizens, permanent residents and overseas students are eligible for these awards. The Scholarship will not be available to those who: are in receipt of another equivalent award/scholarship/salary to undertake the research higher degree, providing a benefit greater than 75% of this scholarship rate; Note: "Salary" refers to time release for full-time candidature on salary have already completed a PhD or research professional doctorate or equivalent, unless there is a significant change in research direction; would be entitled to a maximum tenure of less than 12 months as a result of prior candidature (see 2.1). 2 Duration and conversion of award 2.1 Duration of award The maximum duration of a full-time award is three years for PhD studies. A doctoral candidate making satisfactory progress may apply for a maximum extension of up to six months. An extension will only be approved where research has been delayed by circumstances beyond the candidate s control and where such delays could not have been reasonably anticipated at the commencement of candidature. The grounds for an extension must be related to study and not of a personal nature. The scholarship should be taken up by 30 January Where employment commitments or circumstances beyond the scholarship awardee s control prevent a scholarship awardee from taking up the scholarship by this date, the holder may be permitted to commence the course/scholarship later. Formal approval for a late start must be sought from the Geography, Environment and Sustainability Program, or the offer will be withdrawn. Tenure is always subject to satisfactory progress and terminates upon withdrawal from the course of study, completion of the prescribed course of study, or on the submission of a thesis for examination. The duration of an award will be increased by any periods of approved paid sick leave. No provisions for maternity/ parental leave and leave for jury duty. 3 Stipend and allowances 3.1 Stipend The PhD scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster carries an annual full-time stipend of $25392 per annum with annual increments. Payments are made in fortnightly instalments into an Australian bank account in the scholarship awardee s name. 1

2 Under Australian Taxation Law full-time scholarships are presently considered to be non-taxable by the Australian Government. Nevertheless, the university cannot give advice regarding taxation and it is the responsibility of individual students to seek their own taxation advice. Scholarship holders are permitted to: obtain funds for fieldwork, equipment or other expenses not covered by the scholarship; obtain funding for overseas travel costs from other Australian Government scholarship or any other source; receive a concurrent award, scholarship or salary to undertake their research provided that: the concurrent award, scholarship or salary provides a benefit less than 75% of the PhD Scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster; or the PhD Scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster (is suspended for the tenure of the concurrent award, scholarship or salary and the period of study undertaken towards the degree during suspension is deducted from the maximum period of tenure. 3.2 Relocation allowance (travel and removal expenses) From 2014, awardees that relocate their place of residence to Victoria from overseas to take up their scholarship will be eligible for an establishment/relocation allowance of A$1,000. The establishment/relocation allowance will not be paid to awardees that relocated to Victoria prior to the offer of the award or to awardees that relocate their place of residence to another residence within Victoria. 3.3 Field work allowance Funding for field work is provided through the Wealth from Waste CSIRO Research cluster project. 4 Leave entitlements 4.1 Annual leave Awardees are entitled to 20 days paid recreation leave a year, calculated on a pro rata basis. Leave must be taken during the tenure of the award (i.e. the awardee cannot extend the award by taking leave entitlement after the due termination date and there is no payment in lieu on termination). The supervisor's agreement must be obtained before leave is taken and the academic unit must be notified. The maximum amount of annual leave that may be accumulated before it is taken in part or full is 30 days. Accumulated leave in excess of 30 days will be relinquished. There is no provision for recreation leave loading. 4.2 Sick leave Awardees are entitled to ten days of sick leave each year of the award, calculated on a pro-rata basis. Sick leave may be accrued over the tenure of the award. An awardee may have an additional entitlement of up to 12 weeks of paid sick leave within the tenure of the award. An award may be extended to compensate for periods longer than two weeks if a medical certificate is provided by the awardee. Applications for sick leave must be made during the period of sick leave or no later than two weeks after the awardee has returned to study. Sick leave entitlements (including additional sick leave) may also be used to cover leave for awardees with family carer responsibilities. 5 Employment An award holder is permitted, with the approval of his/her main supervisor, to undertake a strictly limited amount of paid employment throughout the year, being no more than 15 hours of work on average in any one week. Up to a maximum of six hours only on average of this employment may be undertaken during normal working hours (9 am 5 pm Monday to Friday). However, this may be extended to a maximum of eight hours if the employment is limited to one weekday. The candidate s supervisor/s must be satisfied that any part-time work undertaken does not interfere with the candidate s study program and progress. International awardees need to be aware that the employment restrictions outlined above apply even though a student visa permits candidates to work more hours per week. There is no limit on how much income an awardee can receive from part-time work. An awardee currently employed at Monash cannot be on a fractional appointment exceeding

3 6 Residency Awardees are required to reside within daily commuting distance to Clayton campus to allow frequent and systematic use of the University s facilities, including use of physical resources, formal research training and daily face-to-face contact with supervisors if required. If the research program requires study away from the University for protracted lengths of time, the same conditions as Study Away from Monash will apply. 7 Study away from Monash If the head of the department or the dean of the faculty certifies that it is necessary to pursue fieldwork or undertake research which is an integral part of the research program, the scholarship may be tenable away from Monash for up to 12 months, or for other special cases, 18 months for doctoral students. At all other times, scholarship awardees are expected to reside at a location that will allow daily attendance on campus. 7.1 Research overseas Approval of paid overseas study will only be granted if adequate supervision can be maintained and the scholarship awardee remains enrolled. The scholarship holder will not generally be allowed to undertake approved overseas study prior to confirmation of their candidature. Candidature undertaken prior to the taking up of the scholarship will be taken into account in determining the earliest date on which the scholarship awardee may pursue overseas study on pay. All absences overseas, for whatever period, need to be reported to the Social & Political Sciences Program and the Research Graduate School Committee (except for approved annual leave). 7.2 Study away from Monash (within Australia) Subject to the appropriate PhD candidature regulations, a scholarship awardee may be permitted to conduct a strictly limited portion of the research at research sites, organisations and research institutions outside Monash. The scholarship holder will not generally be allowed to undertake research at research sites, organisations and research institutions outside Monash prior to confirmation of their candidature. At all other times, with the exception of approved research overseas, scholarship awardees are expected to reside at a location that will allow daily attendance on campus. When periods of inter/intra-state research/fieldwork exceed a consolidated six-week period, a request for study away from the university should be made. 8 Other courses An award holder (whether enrolled full-time or part-time), may not engage concurrently in any academic course of study leading to a qualification which is not an essential part of the award holder's postgraduate program. 9 Suspension The scholarship holder will not generally be allowed to suspend in the first six months of scholarship tenure. The total period of suspension (leave of absence) from the scholarship during its tenure may generally not exceed 12 months. However, in circumstances beyond the scholarship awardee's control (for example, equipment breakdown, lack of supervision, etc.) a suspension in the first six months of candidature may be permitted. In special cases, an additional period of suspension may also be sought beyond the 12 months normally permitted. The total period of suspension is normally added to the original scholarship tenure, subject to the provision below. Periods of study undertaken towards the degree during suspension of the scholarship will be deducted from the maximum period of tenure. A scholarship will be terminated if the scholarship awardee does not resume study at the conclusion of a period of suspension or fails to make arrangements to extend that period of suspension. 3

4 10 Penalties The Geography, Environment and Sustainability Program will impose penalties for non-compliance with scholarship conditions. This may include for example, suspension of scholarship and/or a reduction in the maximum tenure of the scholarship. 11 Termination The scholarship will be terminated on the day the thesis is submitted for examination or at the end of the scholarship; whichever is earlier. It is the scholarship awardee s responsibility to advise the Geography, Environment and Sustainability Program if the thesis is submitted for examination prior to the expiration of the scholarship. Scholarship will be terminated before this time: if, in the opinion of the institution, the course of study is not being carried out with competence and diligence or in accordance with the offer of the scholarship, and no suitable alternative arrangements can be made for continuation of the degree; if it is determined that the scholarship awardee has not fulfilled his/her obligations, has not met the eligibility criteria or fails to maintain satisfactory progress; when the scholarship awardee ceases to be a full-time student engaged in full-time research; on completion of the course, or the death, incapacity, resignation or withdrawal of the student; if the scholarship awardee has been found guilty of academic misconduct; if the scholarship awardee does not resume study at the end of a period of suspension, or does not make arrangements to extend that period of suspension; if the scholarship awardee does not resume study at Monash after a period of study away from the university or does not make arrangements to extend that period of study away; if the scholarship awardee accepts another equivalent award, scholarship or salary to undertake his/her research degree providing a benefit greater than 75% of the 2014 PhD Scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster rate and does not comply with the criteria as outlined in section 3.1; if the scholarship awardee s probationary candidature is not confirmed; If the scholarship awardee converts to writing up away; if the scholarship awardee ceases to be an on-campus student and approval has not been obtained to hold the scholarship on an external basis if the scholarship awardee fails to maintain their enrolment or fails to re-enrol. If a scholarship is terminated, it cannot be re-activated unless the termination occurred in error. 12 Monash s obligations to awardee 12.1 Supervision A code of practice for supervision of doctoral and research master s candidates has been drawn up by the Graduate Research Committee in consultation with the Monash Postgraduate Association (refer to Chapter 5.2 of the Handbook for Doctoral Degrees and Handbook for Research Master s Degrees available from Right of appeal Awardees have the right of appeal against decisions made in relation to the tenure of the award. Such mechanisms are in place and an awardee should consult with the supervisor or head of the academic unit in the first instance Entitlements All entitlements under the award will be payable to the award holder Facilities Awardees have adequate facilities to undertake the proposed research program. 13 Award holder s contract with the University 13.1 Pursuit of research program The awardee shall diligently and to the best of his/her ability apply himself/herself to the successful completion of the degree Ethics and Occupational Health and Safety guidelines 4

5 The awardee shall abide by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) codes on human and animal experimentation, the Australian Government s Recombinant DNA Monitoring Committee, and rulings of the relevant university safety and ethics committees Social science data sets Machine readable data arising from social sciences research should, within two years, be lodged with the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc (ACSPRI) or other appropriate repository Regulations and statutes Awardees are bound by Monash's statutes, regulations, policies and procedures, as set out in the Handbook for Doctoral Degrees and Handbook for Research Master s Degrees available from With specific reference to the postgraduate award the awardee must notify the Geography, Environment and Sustainability Program of: an intention to leave Australia for reasons other than approved annual leave; discontinuance of studies in the approved postgraduate course; submission of a thesis for examination; absence for any reason for a period of 14 days or longer from study, except on approved annual leave; the award of another Commonwealth or other Government award/or other award offering similar benefits to the PhD Scholarship: Wealth from Waste CSIRO research cluster 13.5 Research evaluation project The University is required to ensure that candidates and their supervisors are available to contribute to and participate in, any Australian Government Research Evaluation Program (REP) exercise relating to their projects during, and for a reasonable period after the conclusion of their project Acknowledgments, publications & publicity Subject to commercial sensitivities or intellectual property considerations, the outcomes of research projects are expected to be communicated to the research community and, where appropriate and possible, to the community at large Scholarship overpayment An awardee is required to repay scholarship overpayments within 30 days of being requested to do so by the University On-line questionnaire Completion of the On-line questionnaire is compulsory for all candidates who are currently enrolled in a research program and is a pre-requisite for candidature re-enrolment in the following year. 14 Transfer of scholarship The scholarship cannot be transferred to another institution. 5

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